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Originally posted by Nate1224hoops
Palming the ball in the backcourt, is a violation and in upper level games how are you going to respond to a coach who burns a TO and walks out (calmly) and says "sir he/she is palming the ball in the backcourt everytime, could you please watch for that??"
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"I will, Coach. And if he does it on his way to the basket, I'll grab it."
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Do you not think that if you blew the whistle one time on this kid who continually palms the ball in the backcourt that he/and his coach would take strides in correcting it?
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I do not think that the coach would do that. The coach would say, "That's a cheap call. Why are you calling that 60 feet from the basket?" And he'd be right. And then I'd get a phone call from my assignor who would say, "That's a cheap call. Why are you calling that 60 feet from the basket?"
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By not calling it were telling the kid it's okay to do it here but when you get here I have to call it.
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That's exactly what I'm telling him.
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You cant tell a coach that "oh it's in the backcourt and really having an effect on the game."
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I disagree.
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WHY? Because its a violation.
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And it's also a violation for the post man to have his ankle on the line of the lane for 3 seconds. I don't call that one either. Two guys go up for a rebound. A1 bumps B1 from behind. B1 loses his balance slightly but is still able to secure the rebound without traveling. Some guys would call that a foul on A1. I wouldn't.
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I think thats how some officials get a bad reputation.
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I think calling palming in the backcourt is one reason some officials don't reach the level I'd like to reach.
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Coaches/AD's/Fans/Assigners see this as calling what you think is important
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That's b/c that is
exactly what I am doing.